Table 1   Philippine Exports to All Countries
          January 2006 and December and January 2005
          (F.O.B Value in Million U.S. Dollars)

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                                                   2006 |                  2005                  |    Growth Rate 
Commodity                                       Percent |            Percent |           Percent |     (Percent)
                                       January p  Share |  December r  Share | January r  Share  |   Monthly   Annual
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Total                                 3,261.23   100.00    3,827.12   100.00  3,284.87   100.00      (14.79)   (0.72)

 1 Electronic Products                2,130.08    65.32    2,573.80    67.25  2,178.18    66.31      (17.24)   (2.21)
   a) Components/Devices 
       (Semiconductors)               1,589.08    48.73    2,006.31    52.42  1,588.79    48.37      (20.80)    0.02
   b) Electronic Data Processing        418.96    12.85      441.12    11.53    456.48    13.90       (5.02)   (8.22)
   c) Office Equipment                   18.70     0.57       16.25     0.42     16.30     0.50       15.05    14.73
   d) Consumer Electronics               40.55     1.24       46.22     1.21     44.78     1.36      (12.26)   (9.44)
   e) Telecommunication                  13.03     0.40       16.10     0.42     21.92     0.67      (19.05)  (40.52)
   f) Communication/Radar                 9.95     0.31       13.69     0.36     18.84     0.57      (27.31)  (47.19)
   g) Control and Instrumentation         1.42     0.04        1.59     0.04      1.70     0.05      (10.75)  (16.57)
   h) Medical/Industrial Instrumentation  0.43     0.01        0.73     0.02      0.34     0.01      (40.63)   29.30
   i) Automotive Electronics             37.95     1.16       31.79     0.83     29.04     0.88       19.39    30.70
 2 Articles of Apparel and Clothing 
    Accessories                         211.90     6.50      211.97     5.54    213.21     6.49       (0.03)   (0.61)
 3 Petroleum Products  1/                80.41     2.47       81.40     2.13     19.86     0.60       (1.22)  304.81
 4 Ignition Wiring Set and Other 
    Wiring Sets used in vehicles
    aircrafts and ships  2/              58.51     1.79       61.59     1.61     65.97     2.01       (5.00)  (11.30)
 5 Cathodes & Sections Of Cathodes, 
    Of Refined copper                    38.36     1.18       17.26     0.45     30.93     0.94      122.22    24.04
 6 Coconut Oil  3/                       38.11     1.17       93.30     2.44     36.25     1.10      (59.15)    5.13
 7 Other Products Manufactured from 
    Materials on consignment basis       36.96     1.13       49.00     1.28     38.01     1.16      (24.56)   (2.75)
 8 Bananas (Fresh)                       30.45     0.93       39.86     1.04     25.64     0.78      (23.61)   18.74
 9 Woodcrafts and Furniture              26.64     0.82       29.88     0.78     44.25     1.35      (10.83)  (39.79)
10 Metal Components  4/                  22.54     0.69       32.78     0.86     31.77     0.97      (31.22)  (29.03)

 Top ten exports                      2,673.97    81.99    3,190.83    83.37  2,684.06    81.71      (16.20)   (0.38)

11 Pineapple and Pineapple Products      16.02     0.49       22.33     0.58     16.80     0.51      (28.24)   (4.63)
12 Iron Ore Agglomerates                 14.85     0.46       11.88     0.31      5.84     0.18       25.01   154.15
13 Processed Tropical Fruits              9.67     0.30        9.89     0.26      9.33     0.28       (2.23)    3.62
14 Dessicated Coconut                     8.01     0.25       11.77     0.31      9.07     0.28      (31.94)  (11.72)
15 Tuna  5/                               6.62     0.20        5.19     0.14     10.61     0.32       27.47   (37.61)
16 Gold  6/                               6.25     0.19        5.49     0.14      4.53     0.14       14.00    38.14
17 Seaweeds and Carageenan                5.96     0.18        5.96     0.16      7.87     0.24        0.05   (24.25)
18 Fertilizers, Manufactured              5.50     0.17        7.66     0.20      3.50     0.11      (28.22)   56.99
19 Basketworks                            5.08     0.16        4.54     0.12      6.50     0.20       11.84   (21.86)
20 Shrimps and Prawns, Fresh, 
    Chilled or Frozen                     4.61     0.14        6.97     0.18      5.45     0.17      (33.81)  (15.38)
21 Copper Concentrates                    4.40     0.14        4.30     0.11      2.87     0.09        2.44    53.28
22 Activated Carbon                       3.82     0.12        2.29     0.06      3.41     0.10       66.91    12.05
23 Sugar                                  2.99     0.09        0.07     0.00      3.51     0.11    4,041.67   (14.92)
24 Ceramic Tiles and Decor                2.43     0.07        2.34     0.06      3.07     0.09        3.89   (20.87)
25 Unmanufactured Tobacco                 1.85     0.06        1.67     0.04      0.51     0.02       11.09   261.64
26 Copra Oil Cake or Meal                 1.83     0.06        1.89     0.05      1.41     0.04       (3.36)   30.19
27 Footwear                               1.81     0.06        1.70     0.04      3.28     0.10        6.37   (44.80)
28 Fine Jewelry                           1.68     0.05        1.62     0.04      1.33     0.04        3.63    26.59
29 Christmas Decor                        1.27     0.04        1.94     0.05      2.62     0.08      (34.48)  (51.54)
30 Others                               482.61    14.80      526.81    13.77    499.30    15.20       (8.39)   (3.34)

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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Notes:   1/ Includes refined petroluem products, manufactures from crude petroleum oil imported on consignment basis.
         2/ Consists only of electrical wiring harness for motor vehicles.
         3/ Includes crude and refined.
         4/ Excluding brakes and servo-brakes.
         5/ Includes fresh, frozen, prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
         6/ Extracted from copper ores and concentrates.
         p  Preliminary
         r  Revised

         Growth rates were computed from actual values.

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